SB2024031377 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support update for kernel



SB2024031377 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support update for kernel

Published: March 13, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024031377
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0480)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memcg does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the filelock_init() function in fs/locks.c. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.